Naperville North Principal Stephanie Posey cautioned that much of the high school building was still a work in progress Wednesday as she strolled past rows of desks and chairs stacked in the hallways and sign after sign alerting passersby of "wet paint."

New Naperville North principal

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Stephanie Posey started her new job as principal of Naperville North High School July 1.

Stephanie Posey started her new job as principal of Naperville North High School July 1. (Jon Cunningham / Naperville Sun)

The Naperville City Council did something courageous and important last Tuesday night, something they could easily have avoided. They banned the possession of alternative nicotine delivery devices, or e-cigarettes, by people under 18 and the use of such devices in indoor public places.

Naperville crime

A woman from Naperville's West Highlands neighborhood was sentenced to 30 hours of public service after Naperville police said she left her three small children in her car late last summer while she spent nearly an hour in a doctor's office.

The pulsating lights of Naperville's police squad cars might have seemed a bit brighter and harder to miss this past weekend, following a law enforcement effort that ended in the arrests of 13 motorists for drunken driving and other infractions.

A Naperville-area man has been ordered to perform community service work and make an unspecified amount of restitution, after he used a business account to steal merchandise over a 2 1/2-year period from a local automotive parts store.